Was that Tom Cruise in an eyepatch blowing up Hitler?
 

So I finally decided to go check out Valkyrie. Eh. I mean as far as taking something that actually happened and turning it into a movie staring Tom Cruise in an eyepatch, it was an entertaining experience. A good way to spend a couple hours if you have the time, but still... nothing in this film will be as entertaining as realizing that you are watching Tom Cruise in an eyepatch trying to blow up Hitler.

The thing that's always gotten me about the recent Tom Cruise movies is that he's become so famous, so media frenzied, that instead of thinking 'Hey check out that guy trying to blow up Hitler,' it's become 'Why is Tom Cruise in Nazi Germany?'

That seems.. silly.
 

I will admit I have that similar issue with Robin Williams. He's a great and funny man, but I have a hard time seeing him as something other than himself in every movie he's in.....and One Hour Photo showd me a side of him that creeps me out to this day. >_>

Naw, Tom Cruise has always been one of those actors that overwhelms any actual character role you put him in. It's never helped that his acting range has exactly two settings: Smug, arrogant jerkass, and IJNTENSE! smug, arrogant jerkass. Like generally a movie is like, here is Pirates of the Carribean starring Johnny Depp in the role of Jack Sparrow, crazy yet conniving pirate. But a Tom Cruise movie is always like here is Mission Impossible starring TOM CRUISE! as a smug arrogant superspy. And now here is Top Gun starring TOM CRUISE! as a smug arrogant fighter pilot. And here is Rain Man starring TOM CRUISE! as a smug arrogant whatever he was in Rain Man.

Which always worked okay because Tom Cruise himself was always such a blank slate that you could buy him in whatever role onto which they had thrust his non-existent personality. But since we had the spectacle of him totally losing his shit in actual public, his roles are like TOM CRUISE! Actually crazy cult-affiliated nutcase, trying to kill Hitler! In an eyepatch! With a box of scraps!

It's the same as Mr. Schwarzenegger. It's never John Kimble or the T-800 but just a film with a loose plot based around Arnie being Arnie. Some sort of Type-casting which seems to work well for their careers!

Could you tell us a bit more about it Lord Setheris? The trailers didn't really catch my interest but you can never be too sure with them how good a film truely is!

And jim carey.

But they are not on the same league as David Spade and Adam Sandler (and most of the SNL cast), because those two can only play themselves in movie. But that is due to the lack of ability in actually acting.

I mean, some actors are easy in on that sort of thing. Like Johnny Deep. But he usually do characters that are really different from each other and works with a lot of makeup and costumes...

But that dosent really solve the point here... is this movie any good? I mean, it's a movie about trying to kill hitler (and failing), so it's at least something they dont do EVERY summer (like generic war movies)

They fail! Hitler lives!

Ha ha ha ha, spoilahs!

Well historically they'd have to fail. I mean....the man shot himself a bit later.

Which is why Collateral is the only thing of his that I can stand now, cause Tom Cruise as a smug arrogant psychotic killer and cult affiliated nutcase still works.